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ICAC Retired Detectives and Youth Youguolan Recalling Police Corruption in the 1970s: Being Conscience and Being a Man

2020-01-26T16:10:10.044Z


At noon in Yau Ma Tei, some stalls were still lively, and the sound of trolleys running was heard in the dark narrow alley. Former Chief Investigation Officer of the Independent Commission Against Corruption Wang Yaozong and a group of middle school students walked into the alley to revisit the large corruption case "Yau Ma Tei Case" in the 1970s. A drug trafficking case led a huge corruption group to expose hundreds of police officers. When accepting bribes, the average daily bribe is as high as 10,000 yuan, which is the annual salary of a civil servant in that year. Wang Yaozong, one of the people who solved the case, recalled how to dismantle several books, what "distribution", "gold medal communication", and confession to be intimidated to start a gunfight ... When it comes to the end, some students asked him what qualities can make him good. investigator? Born in the age of "who was hospitalized, Zhang quilt had to pay five mosquitoes and grandma", Wang Yaozong replied: "I am a man and do things with conscience first. How is conscience? Even if no one sees you When they do, they will do bad things. "


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Author: Zheng Qiuling

2020-01-27 00:01

Last updated: 2020-01-27 00:01

At noon in Yau Ma Tei, some stalls were still lively, and the sound of trolleys running was heard in the dark narrow alley. Former Chief Investigation Officer of the Independent Commission Against Corruption Wang Yaozong and a group of middle school students walked into the alley to revisit the large corruption case "Yau Ma Tei Case" in the 1970s. A drug trafficking case led a huge corruption group to expose hundreds of police officers. When accepting bribes, the average daily bribe is as high as 10,000 yuan, which is the annual salary of a civil servant in that year.

Wang Yaozong, one of the people who solved the case, recalled how to dismantle several books, what "distribution", "gold medal communication", and confession to be intimidated to start a gunfight ... When it comes to the end, some students asked him what qualities can make him good. investigator? Born in the age of "who was hospitalized, Zhang quilt had to pay five mosquitoes and grandma", Wang Yaozong replied: "I am a man and do things with conscience first. How is conscience? Even if no one sees you When they do, they will do bad things. "

Former Chief Investigation Officer of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, Wang Yaozong, participated in the investigation of collective corruption cases by law enforcement officials in 1976. (Photo by Huang Baoying)

At the brightest end of Guolan's Alley, a group of teenagers listened to Wang Yaozong's sharing. "I joined the ICAC in 1976. The first investigation team stationed was to take over the corruption case in Guolan, Yau Ma Tei." The background is that in the 1970s, drug trafficking groups led by drug crickets “sand-dust labels” rose in the Yau Ma Tei fruit market, and Dang Yu was stationed on the inner street to sell “white powder” (Heroin). Several main brains were in Waterloo The "Dai Lai Restaurant" on the second floor of the tail pink building has a command center, which is controlled remotely by telephone to prevent the incident at the East Window. "There is a long platform near the cashier's office. No one can sit there. OK. "

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Drug sales are not one-handed money collection and one-handed delivery. Wang Yaozong introduced a term called "buried mines". The intricate inner streets provide environmental advantages. Drug dealers will first hide white powder in hidden places, such as walls, wooden planks, and "drainage." If you look at a bit, you know how to put money, and then you look at it again, it is the location of the goods. You say a letter, you use fake silver paper, so that the intention is next life. If Counterfeit goods will also be found unscrupulous. "Until the Drug Investigation Division of the Police Headquarters launched a territory-wide anti-drug operation, the" Dust Mark "and the main backbone members were arrested.

The complicated inner streets of Guolan at that time provided environmental advantages. (Photo by Huang Baoying)

Reveal daily bribes up to 10,000 yuan

Behind the growth of drug trafficking syndicates, the police in the area are commonly known as "spreading films," or bribes. The person in charge is called "communication." "The number of silver codes sent in the year was quite large, and 10,000 mosquito papers were sent daily. This is equivalent to the annual salary of a government typist. The price of a house in Wan Chai was 316 yuan. "The drug investigation class came from the headquarters. No one was sent to him. If he is brought to court, it must be a very long period of imprisonment. If the main brain is arrested for less than two months, he must raise his hand to see the Independent Commission Against Corruption."

Making photo albums to give witnesses “point photos” into reliable evidence

Book records become clues, but all are marked by muddled characters, such as "Fat Waves", "Liang Tsai", "Dasao", and "Slim Eyes". It is difficult to discern the true identity. Too many people cannot even remember "communication" Because law enforcement officers in the neighbouring areas will smell the wind, they call them "flying fierce" and get ten mosquitoes. In order to obtain more conclusive evidence, the ICAC requested the police headquarters to hand over personal photos of all personnel involved in the incident, took photos of suspicious persons and put them in albums, plus eight photos of other relevant persons, each with a serial number. There are nine photos on one page. Finally, five loose-leaf folders were sorted out, allowing drug lords to identify the police officer by page.

"I haven't seen anyone with better memory for forty years." Wang Yaozong is still amazed by the witness's memory, and he can point out all the photos that have been repeated before and after the album is wrong. "Go to page 108, he looked A picture that is not a suspect, "I have seen this, not to collect money, not to see it in the street, but to see this album, and to see it on page 68." There are three, and the witnesses recognized it It made me think that he was not messy. "Later it became the key to the court to believe and accept the evidence.

Wang Yaozong seriously recalled the corruption incident caused by the Yau Ma Tei fruit market case. (Photo by Huang Baoying)

Unprecedented shock arrests lead to police conflict

Corruption networks have surfaced. The ICAC was established only two or three years ago. The headquarters rented two floors of the Hutchison Building. There were only a few people's houses and confession houses. Security facilities were also lacking. Long, threatened him when he made a confession. "I don't have a gun, otherwise I will fight with you." He laughed, and had expected that he would not easily plead guilty. Well, I was twenty-six years old, and every one of them was 40 or 50 years old. I wasn't even born when he pulled people. "

The ICAC launched a large-scale arrest operation and more than 200 police officers were arrested. The incident triggered a "violent police conflict". A large number of police officers went on strike and marched and attacked the ICAC headquarters, demolished signs, and beat ICAC officers. Governor MacLehose issued a "partial amnesty order" to quell seven days later, and a large number of police officers applied for early retirement. Eventually 26 people were charged, 18 were convicted and sentenced to 1 year, 7 months to 5 years.

Not the best result, but the name "Toothless Tiger"

Looking at this result 40 years later, "Is it the best result? It must not be. Is there a fish that leaks the net? There must be." But Wang Yaozong pointed out that the case is very educational, about 1978, all court procedures Completed, this group of corruption has almost disappeared since then. In the case of insufficient facilities and manpower, the case still successfully brought out the corruption police. He said that each investigator worked tirelessly to prove that all the people had created the ICAC. Since the beginning of the ICAC ’s credibility, the number of named reports received has increased dramatically.

He recalled that in the early days of the establishment, the public questioned whether the anti-corruption department in the police department was actually the "corruption department." Some people dismissed it as "changing soup without changing medicine." The reporter later asked him if the incident in recent years has caused the public's trust in the ICAC to decline. He believes that "this is a political issue. I believe that the trust in the ICAC has not been reduced because of recent events, but the whole thing is a political event. Different ideas, different interpretations of right and wrong, I have been exposed to complaints before I retired, and the number of named complaints has remained high. "

At the end of the guided tour, Kelvin was the first to ask, "What qualities do I need to be a good investigator other than hard work?" Wang Yaozong replied, "As investigators, we are human beings and we do things with conscience. 1. What is a conscience? Even if no one sees it, they will not do anything. ”Standing back in the dark alley, standing in the sun, facing a group of young people. When reflecting in the ICAC, Wang Yaozong was only 26 years old. Leaving the fire station that has been serving for several years is responsible for dispatching ambulance posts. In the era of corruption, ordinary people called for ambulances and thought that they would have to pay. Patients who were hospitalized had to pay five mosquitoes to a grandmother for a quilt.

Now a retired investigator with 40 years of experience in fighting corruption, he finally shared: "Is there anyone who is better than me and has taken advantage of me? But if they use these good qualities to do something bad Yes, he can succeed. He finished corruption and deceived us to wipe out the evidence. He is better than me, but if you say he is a good person? Is his conscience and life happy? We can tell everyone My daughter is quite fond of me, except for my beautiful one ... "After a while of laughter, he finally shared:" In good conscience, it will be good to grow honestly and diligently. I hope that everyone will use the same mentality. Grace, you have a lot of time. "

Wang Yaozong told reporters after the incident that with today's leadership tour, the young people in front of him look like their young people. (Photo by Huang Baoying)

This speech impressed 16-year-old Ben. He was most impressed by "conscience". He said, "Because my parents taught me to be conscientious from small to large, it is not good to do things that are against my conscience. Now Hong Kong is 咁In major matters, we must have conscience. I think the most important thing is to have more honest and conscientious people join the government before we can solve the Hong Kong problem. "

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